Fasta
Old Norse Dictionary - fasta
Meaning of Old Norse word "fasta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fasta can mean:fasta
- fasta
- 1. að, to fast:
- fasta
- 1. eccl., Hom. 71, 73, Ld. 200, K. Á. 160, Bs. passim, Fms. ii. 250, n. G. l. i. 141, 144.
- fasta
- 2. secular; af fastanda manns munni, Sks. 450, Lækn. 471.
- fasta
- 2. adv. = fastlega, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Similar entries:
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- adv.
- adverb.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Lækn.
- Lækninga-bók. (H. V.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.